(EWeek.com) Qualcomm has been doing a substantial amount of research and development work on 5G connectivity for several years. Qualcomm executives recently told a gathering of about 100 international tech journalists and analysts that they believe the company is one to two years ahead of everybody else in developing silicon for 5G–the technology that’s said to be a full 100 times faster than 4G.
Use cases for 5G will include enhanced mobile broadband to smartphones; always connected PCs; head-mounted displays for virtual reality, augmented reality and extended reality hardware; and Mobile Broadband, all of which require constant and consistent cloud connectivity.